Andy Fickman is an American filmmaker. His credits as a theater director include the premiere of the Reefer Madness! musical, [1] the first Los Angeles production of the play Jewtopia , [2] and the Los Angeles, Off-Broadway and London productions of Heathers: The Musical .
He made his screen directing debut in 2002 with the teen sex comedy Who's Your Daddy?. The film was released directly to DVD in 2005.
He is formerly the director and producer of Internet Icon on YouTube, as well as the CBS sitcom Kevin Can Wait . He also has a production company entitled Oops Doughnuts Productions. [3]
He directed comedy films She's the Man (2006), The Game Plan (2007), Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015) and Playing with Fire (2019). In 2021, he directed the first season of a NASCAR workplace comedy series The Crew on Netflix.
Fickman, who originates from Midland, Texas, [4] moved with his family to Houston in 1974, and went to Lee High School (Houston, Texas). [5] Fickman is a graduate of Texas Tech University [6] [7] and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. [8] He was raised in Conservative Judaism. [9] In 2013, he was honored with the Alumni of the Year award by United Synagogue Youth.[ citation needed ] In 2008, he started Oops Doughnuts Productions with a first look deal at Disney. [10]
On October 8, 2016, Fickman married Kristen Elizabeth Gura, aunt of two-term Georgetown Phantoms president Gaby Gura, in Kristen's hometown of Rochester, Minnesota.[ citation needed ]
Director
Year | Title | Director | Producer | Notes |
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2002 | Who's Your Daddy? | Yes | No | Direct-to-video, also writer |
2006 | She's the Man | Yes | No | |
2007 | The Game Plan | Yes | No | |
2009 | Race to Witch Mountain | Yes | No | |
2010 | You Again | Yes | Yes | |
2012 | Parental Guidance | Yes | No | |
2015 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 | Yes | No | Nominated- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director |
2019 | Playing with Fire | Yes | No | |
2023 | One True Loves | Yes | Yes | |
2024 | Don't Turn Out the Lights | Yes | Yes | Also writer |
Producer
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
1990 | Funny About Love | Production executive |
1991 | Another You | |
1993 | Hocus Pocus | |
1995 | Man of the House | |
1997 | Anaconda | Associate producer |
2012 | Jewtopia | |
2015 | Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse |
TV movies
Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer |
---|---|---|---|
2005 | Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical | Yes | Yes |
2021 | Christmas...Again?! | Yes | No |
TV series
Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Aliens in America | Yes | No | 1 episode |
2011 | Hellcats | Yes | No | |
2012 | Internet Icon | No | Yes | 9 episodes |
2013–2017 | Liv and Maddie | Yes | Yes | Directed 32 episodes |
2015 | Austin & Ally | Yes | No | 1 episode |
2016 | Recovery Road | Yes | No | |
The Odd Couple | Yes | No | ||
2016–2018 | Kevin Can Wait | Yes | Yes | All episodes |
2019 | No Good Nick | Yes | No | 4 episodes |
2021 | The Crew | Yes | Yes | All episodes |
2024 | Wizards Beyond Waverly Place | Yes | Yes | 2 episodes |
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